Lockdown Protocol

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Lockdown Protocol across three resolutions reveals a system that scales predictably with pixel count, but the shape of that scaling curve changes meaningfully depending on the quality preset. At 1080p Low, the combination of AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti produces 224.1 FPS on average. Moving to 1440p Low drops that figure to 163.2 FPS, a reduction of roughly 27%. At 4K Low, the average settles at 104.4 FPS, which is another 36% decline from the 1440p result. The consistent drops at Low settings indicate the GPU is the primary scaling factor, as the CPU has ample headroom at these frame rates.

The picture changes when examining High settings. At 1080p High, the average is 138.7 FPS. At 1440p High, it is 104.9 FPS, a 24% reduction. At 4K High, the average falls to 68.4 FPS, a 35% drop from 1440p. The percentage losses are similar in relative terms, but the absolute frame rates are much lower, suggesting that the quality preset increases the per-frame workload on the GPU without fundamentally changing the scaling behavior. The RTX 3070 Ti, with its 8 GB of GDDR6X memory and 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth, shows it can maintain playable frame rates at 4K High, but the margin narrows considerably.

Ultra settings tell a different story. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 104.9 FPS, which is identical to the 4K High result. At 1440p Ultra, the average drops to 74.6 FPS. At 4K Ultra, it falls to 48.5 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra at each resolution costs roughly 30-35% of the frame rate, a substantial penalty. The 4K Ultra figure of 48.5 FPS is the only measured result below 60 FPS, indicating that this preset pushes the GPU past its comfort zone at the highest resolution. The data shows that the limiting component shifts from the GPU at lower resolutions to a combination of GPU memory capacity and compute throughput at 4K Ultra.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the dominant performance driver in these measurements, and its specifications explain the observed scaling patterns. The card operates with a base clock of 1575 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, built on the GA104 chip with 6144 shading units. Its 8 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus delivers 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is the critical resource for Lockdown Protocol's texture streaming and geometry loads at higher resolutions. The GPU's percentile ranking of 74 among all GPUs places it in the upper-middle tier, and its average benchmark score of 30849 positions it near the AMD Radeon RX 6700, which scores 31112, a delta of -0.8%.

The measured frame rates correlate strongly with the GPU's memory bandwidth. At 1080p, the RTX 3070 Ti can feed the render pipeline fast enough to reach 224.1 FPS at Low settings, but the 8 GB memory capacity becomes a constraint at 4K Ultra, where the average drops to 48.5 FPS. The memory clock of 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective) provides the raw throughput, yet the capacity limit is what forces the steep performance cliff at the highest quality preset. The GPU's FP32 performance of 21.75 TFLOPS is sufficient for the game's compute shaders, but the data indicates that memory allocation, not raw compute, is the bottleneck at 4K.

The RTX 3070 Ti's nearest rivals in the benchmark database reinforce its positioning. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME scores 30755, a delta of 0.3%, meaning the RTX 3070 Ti is essentially tied with that older card in aggregate benchmarks. The NVIDIA Quadro M5000 scores 31142, a delta of -0.9%, showing the RTX 3070 Ti trails slightly. These comparisons are aggregate scores, but the measured FPS in Lockdown Protocol shows the RTX 3070 Ti performing well above the 60 FPS threshold at all settings except 4K Ultra, where it falls to 48.5 FPS. The 8 GB VRAM is the defining characteristic; at 1080p and 1440p, it is sufficient, but at 4K with Ultra settings, the game clearly exceeds what the memory subsystem can efficiently manage.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combination?

A: The highest average FPS is 224.1, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. The next highest is 163.2 FPS at 2560x1440 with Low settings, followed by 158.6 FPS at 1920x1080 with Medium settings.

Q: Can this system maintain 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Yes, but only at certain presets. At 4K Low, the average is 104.4 FPS, at 4K Medium it is 78.1 FPS, and at 4K High it is 68.4 FPS. The 4K Ultra preset falls below 60 FPS with an average of 48.5 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 Ti compare to the AMD Radeon RX 6700 in aggregate benchmarks?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 30849, while the AMD Radeon RX 6700 scores 31112. This represents a delta of -0.8%, meaning the RX 6700 is slightly ahead in aggregate performance.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low settings produce 163.2 FPS while Ultra settings produce 74.6 FPS. This is a difference of 88.6 FPS, representing a 54% reduction in frame rate when moving from Low to Ultra.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the average of 224.1 FPS suggests the GPU is the limiting factor, as the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F has a boost clock of 4.70 GHz and scores 20851 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, indicating sufficient processing headroom. The GPU's 8 GB memory and 608.3 GB/s bandwidth are the more likely constraints.

Q: What is the rank of this CPU+GPU combination in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The combination ranks 664 out of 1637 total combos tested in the game's benchmark database, placing it in the upper 40% of all tested configurations.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance for the optimal settings preset. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 158.6 FPS, which is only 65.5 FPS lower than Low's 224.1 FPS but provides substantially better visual quality. The High preset at 1080p yields 138.7 FPS, still well above the 60 FPS threshold, while Ultra drops to 104.9 FPS. For competitive play at 1080p, Medium offers the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate headroom. The jump from Medium to High costs 19.9 FPS, while the jump from High to Ultra costs 33.8 FPS, making Ultra the least efficient upgrade.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset is again the recommended choice. It delivers 119.2 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS mark and only 44 FPS below the Low preset's 163.2 FPS. The High preset at 1440p produces 104.9 FPS, which is identical to the 1080p Ultra result, highlighting the GPU's scaling efficiency. The Ultra preset at 1440p drops to 74.6 FPS, which is still playable but represents a 37% reduction from High. For users with high refresh rate 1440p monitors, High settings at 1440p are the best compromise, offering 104.9 FPS with better visual quality than Medium.

At 3840x2160, the choices are more constrained. The Low preset delivers 104.4 FPS, the Medium preset delivers 78.1 FPS, and the High preset delivers 68.4 FPS. The Ultra preset falls to 48.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold and likely to produce noticeable stutter on standard refresh displays. The data shows that 4K High at 68.4 FPS is the best preset for visual quality while maintaining smooth gameplay. Users prioritizing frame rate should select 4K Medium at 78.1 FPS, as the 9.7 FPS gain from High to Medium is modest compared to the visual quality loss. The 4K Low preset, while achieving 104.4 FPS, sacrifices too much visual detail for most users, but it is the only 4K preset that approaches the frame rates seen at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for Lockdown Protocol with the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is as follows. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 224.1 FPS, the Medium preset achieves 158.6 FPS, the High preset achieves 138.7 FPS, and the Ultra preset achieves 104.9 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a consistent decline of roughly 30-40 FPS per step, with the largest single drop being 53.7 FPS between Medium and High.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 163.2 FPS, the Medium preset averages 119.2 FPS, the High preset averages 104.9 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 74.6 FPS. The decline from Low to Ultra at 1440p is 88.6 FPS, which is a larger absolute drop than at 1080p, indicating the GPU's memory bandwidth is becoming more stressed as pixel count increases. The Medium to High transition at 1440p costs only 14.3 FPS, making it the smallest penalty between adjacent presets.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 104.4 FPS, the Medium preset averages 78.1 FPS, the High preset averages 68.4 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 48.5 FPS. The 4K data shows the steepest relative decline, with the Ultra preset falling 29.1% below the High preset. The difference between 4K Low and 4K Ultra is 55.9 FPS, meaning the Ultra preset delivers less than half the frame rate of Low. Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently offers the best balance, with 158.6 FPS at 1080p, 119.2 FPS at 1440p, and 78.1 FPS at 4K.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F plays a supporting role in these benchmark results, but its specifications are relevant to understanding the frame rate ceiling. This 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 8000 series uses the Zen 4 architecture on a 4 nm TSMC process. Its base clock is 4.20 GHz with a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, and it has 16 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's average benchmark score is 25064, which places it at the 82nd percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, scores 25057, a delta of 0%, meaning the two processors are effectively tied in aggregate performance.

The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and single-core score of 2943 indicate strong performance for gaming workloads. In Lockdown Protocol, the 1080p Low result of 224.1 FPS suggests the CPU can feed the GPU well beyond typical display refresh rates. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 6091 and max-thread score of 6165 show that the processor scales well with multi-threaded workloads, which is relevant for the game's background simulation and physics calculations. The PassMark multi-thread score of 24530 and single-thread score of 3684 further confirm this processor's capability.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s via dual-channel DDR5 is adequate for the game's data streaming needs. The Ryzen 5 8400F is positioned close to the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, which scores 24993, a delta of 0.3%. This places the 8400F slightly ahead of that rival. In the context of Lockdown Protocol, the CPU is not the bottleneck at any measured resolution or setting. The consistent FPS drops from 1080p to 4K across all presets indicate the GPU is the performance limiter. The CPU's role is to maintain a stable frame delivery rate, and its 12 threads provide enough parallelism for the game's engine to avoid frame-time spikes, as evidenced by the smooth progression of average FPS values across the resolution and settings matrix.